Fix bug in README.

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d9e0f2c0e73618aa0c4cb783eb6f8278f9a82121..084b244e31b6fee3887ed38b44321961556697b3 100644 (file)
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ called `blog`:
       git add metadata/*.automatic_metadata
     fi
     status=\$(git status -s)
-    n_updates=\$(printf "$status" | grep -vE '^\?\?' | wc -l)
+    n_updates=\$(printf "\$status" | grep -vE '^\?\?' | wc -l)
     if [ "\$n_updates" -gt 0 ]; then
       git commit -a -m 'Update metadata'
     fi